Comparison of attraction effects of three artificial reef models for black porgy Sparus macrocephlus,sea perch Lateolabrax maculates and large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea
East China Sea Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai 200090, China;Marine Fisheries Headquarters of Jiangsu Province, Nanjng 210003, China
Abstract: The distribution of three fish species including black porgy Sparus macrocephlus, sea perch Lateolabrax maculates, and large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea in three types of artificial reefs in box, triangular, and frame shapes was observed to investigate attraction effects of artificial reef models for fish through an indoor simulation test. All of three artificial reef models were shown to have attraction for black porgy and sea perch, without attraction for large yellow croaker, and better attraction for black porgy than for sea perch under the same constraints. The descending order of attraction of three artificial reef models for black porgyand, sea perch was M1(box type)>M2(triangular type)>M3(frame type). The findings indicated that attraction effects of artificial reef models for fish depended on the differences in structure of artificial reef models and the habits of three fish species.
2019, Vol. 34 
